Funny story - Dallas Mavericks Will Kick off the NBA Season Against The Houston Rockets on July 31

Dallas Mavericks Will Kick off the NBA Season Against The Houston Rockets on July 31

HOUSTON – The city of Houston is thrilled that their Rockets will finally be getting off the launch pad at NASA, and hitting the basketball court. Coach Mike D’Antoni said that he is sick and tired of watching reruns of the “Price is Right” and “…

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Funny story - NBA Player Jerseys To Have Social Justice Statements in Place of The Players Names

NBA Player Jerseys To Have Social Justice Statements in Place of The Players Names

NEW YORK CITY – The NBA, in an effort to focus on the plight of the Black Lives Matter movement, has decided to allow players to make up their own social justice statements. The phrases will go on the back of their jerseys, in place of their name.

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Funny story - LeBron James of The Los Angeles Lakers Has Said That He Supports the Black Lives Matter Movement 101%

LeBron James of The Los Angeles Lakers Has Said That He Supports the Black Lives Matter Movement 101%

CLEVELAND – The top basketball player in the NBA was back in his hometown, visiting a cousin, Toby "Mr. Meat" Stuyvesant, who just opened up a barbecue restaurant named the Sweet Sultry Smoke Shack. LeBron smiled, as he said that the eatery's slog...

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Funny story - San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich is Reportedly Asking Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili to Please Come Out of Retirement and Play For the Spurs

San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich is Reportedly Asking Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili to Please Come Out of Retirement and Play For the Spurs

SAN ANTONIO – Ever since the “Big 3” left the Spurs, the team has not been doing as well as they had been in the past. After retiring, Duncan went back home to the Virgin Islands, Ginobili left for Argentina, and Parker returned to France. Lit…

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Funny story - NBA Coach Gregg Popovich Says That Trump Dribbles a Basketball Like a Sissy

NBA Coach Gregg Popovich Says That Trump Dribbles a Basketball Like a Sissy

SAN ANTONIO – Famed NBA basketball coach Gregg Popovich was having some practice drills with two of his star players, Patty Mills (#8) and Marco Belinelli (#18). The players had come to his Star Wars-style mansion and were enjoying getting a littl...

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Funny story - The NBA Teams Will Start Dribbling on July 30

The NBA Teams Will Start Dribbling on July 30

NEW YORK CITY – The NBA season will finally be starting after a 4-month hiatus, that’s 2 years and 4 months in dog years. The Utah Jazz are scheduled to kick off the season against the New Orleans Pelicans. Utah coach Quin Snyder told Sports Be...

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Funny story - Jackson Returns To Coach L.A. Lakers, Rest Of NBA Searches For Towel To Toss In

Jackson Returns To Coach L.A. Lakers, Rest Of NBA Searches For Towel To Toss In

LOS ANGELES - It's official. Phil Jackson finally decided yesterday to return as Los Angeles Lakers head coach, for what appears to be his for real final go-round at the helm of the recently crowned NBA champs. "Count me in," said Jackson, there...

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Funny story - Dennis Rodman to Visit Kim Jong-un in the Hospital

Dennis Rodman to Visit Kim Jong-un in the Hospital

LOS ANGELES – One of the NBA’s greatest rebounders has informed the news media that he will be traveling to Pyongyang, North Korea, to visit his BFF, Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, in the hospital. Rodman, who has more tattoos, piercings, and gold j...

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Funny story - Dion Waiters Latest NBA Player to OD on Gummy Bears

Dion Waiters Latest NBA Player to OD on Gummy Bears

Miami Heat guard, Dion Waiters, is the latest NBA player to run afoul of THC-infused gummy bears. On his team's flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles on Thursday. Waiters, 27, suffered a raging panic attack after he had "overdosed" on THC-infused gummy...

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Funny story - The Golden State Warriors with a Dismal 15-50 Record Are Thrilled That The NBA Season Was Suspended

The Golden State Warriors with a Dismal 15-50 Record Are Thrilled That The NBA Season Was Suspended

OAKLAND – One NBA team that is not shedding tears over the season being cut short are the Golden State Warriors. Coach Steve Kerr’s team had the worst record of the entire 30 NBA teams. In fact, Warriors fans were already wearing medical masks, fa...

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Funny story - The Sound of Dribbling Basketballs Has Faded Off Into The Sunset

The Sound of Dribbling Basketballs Has Faded Off Into The Sunset

MIAMI – The NBA owners met at LeBron James’ Miami mansion, Casa Dribble, and they voted to suspend the remainder of the NBA season due to the Coronavirus which is getting out of hand. The vote to stop playing was 29-1. The owners are still trying...

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Funny story - Basketball: NBA London Game Was Close Until The Very Last Few Fractions Of A Second

Basketball: NBA London Game Was Close Until The Very Last Few Fractions Of A Second

The NBA London Game between the New York Knicks and the Washington Wizards was as exciting as basketball gets, and the result was always in doubt until the last few fractions of the final second. As everyone knows, basketball is a game where it ca...

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Funny story - Worthless Piece of Crap Has Another Terrible Game

Worthless Piece of Crap Has Another Terrible Game

Jalen McGee of the Cleveland Cavaliers had another terrible game Friday night in the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs. "Jalen brought suck to a new level Friday night," said McGee's teammate LeBron James. "If you look up worthless piece of crap in...

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Funny story - It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A Bat, man!

It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A Bat, man!

During a recent basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Los Angeles Clippers at the Banker Life Fieldhouse Arena, a confused bat was a surprising guest star. Seen by the crowd of thousands, it swooped down and flew in erratic circles, nea...

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Funny story - LeBron James Hints That He May Be Playing Basketball In Norway

LeBron James Hints That He May Be Playing Basketball In Norway

LOS ANGELES – One of the greatest basketball players to ever dribble a basketball, LeBron James, has informed Sports Balls Illustrated Magazine that he may be leaving the country. James, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, said that the NBA seas...

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Funny story - Harlem Globetrotters In Row With The Spoof Over Logo

Harlem Globetrotters In Row With The Spoof Over Logo

The Harlem Globetrotters, the famous globetrotting basketball superstars from Harlem, who wowed fans in the 1970s with their crazy-but-skilful on-court antics, are considering taking legal action against the owner of a satirical news website over the...

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Funny story - The Cavs and the Warriors are in the NBA playoffs again, so when will this talented train end?

The Cavs and the Warriors are in the NBA playoffs again, so when will this talented train end?

After all has been said and done, the Golden State Warriors will be playing the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals for a fourth consecutive year. The opening game will start at 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on ABC on Thursday, May 31, and it w...

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Funny story - Tony Carr and Shep Garner are Nittany Lions gone nuclear!

Tony Carr and Shep Garner are Nittany Lions gone nuclear!

Tony Carr scored 21 points, Shep Garner added 18 while breaking a school record for career 3-pointers and Penn State routed Mississippi State 75-60 in the National Invitational Tournament semifinals Tuesday night. The fourth-seeded Nittany Lions (...

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Funny story - Yao Ming named Wyoming's Person of the Year

Yao Ming named Wyoming's Person of the Year

Chinese basketball superstar, Yao Ming, was named the Person of the Year in the State of Wyoming (who knew that was even a state?!?) According to the Governor Dave Freudenthal, "His name is like, totally almost the same thing as our beloved state's n...

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Funny story - NCAA Protests LaVar Ball's Proposed Basketball League

NCAA Protests LaVar Ball's Proposed Basketball League

The NCAA today lodge a formal protest against an effort by LaVar Ball to create a new professional basketball league for high school graduates who have no interest in attending college. The plan, as outlined by Ball to SPOOF, would offer outstanding...

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